{"product_id":"the-phoenix","title":"The Phoenix","description":"Amazon.com\n\nIn a lot of musical imaginations, Lyfe Jennings' The Phoenix will occupy a space a few slots up from the Hustle \u0026amp; Flow soundtrack. As he proved on the prelude to this disc--the swift-selling, hype-generating Lyfe 268-192--he's an urban poet with an unsparing eye. When he's not laying out his grit-laden artistic process in what seems like a dozen spoken-word interludes, he's singing it as he sees it. On \"S-E-X,\" that vision includes a sensitive-minded, daddy-like plea for abstinence among teen-age girls punched up by the sexy-sounding Lala Brown, and on the thump-thump slo-mo thrill ride \"Ghetto Superman\" it includes a pitiful remembrance of things past (\"We grew up in the gutter eatin' peanut butter sandwiches\/With no jam\"). Part Curtis Mayfield, part Donny Hathaway, part Kanye West, and part John Legend, Jennings is determined to offer a long, tall drink to the spiritually dehydrated--he's massively musical (check his gentle acoustic guitar on \"Down Here, Up There\" and the raw soul of \"The River\") and enormously ambitious: It's no accident that The Phoenix plays like scuffed-up, 21st-century epic poetry in places. Real-world R\u0026amp;B hasn't reached this far in a long time. --Tammy La Gorce\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000GG4XDI\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B000GG4XDI.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lyfe Jennings\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41529445777466,"sku":"DBV.B000GG4XDI.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B000GG4XDI-0.jpg?v=1784171580","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-phoenix","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}